provins

\pʁɔ.vɛ̃\

/\pʁɔ.vɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“provins” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,965
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de provin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-provins · provins · French

provins · rank #32,965 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,965
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Priscilla

Nearest frequency peer: Priscilla (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « provins »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « provins » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

provins vs promis
71% similar
provins vs proies
71% similar
provins vs potins
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for provins
PropertyValue
Headwordprovins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.vɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,965
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « provins »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.provinsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Priscilla » (#32,964), « préféraient » (#32,966), « prescrite » (#32,963). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « provins » est au #32,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around provins (IPA \pʁɔ.vɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,965 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de provin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for provins, with forms such as "porvins", "pprovins", and "proivns". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "promis", "proies", "potins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is provins, spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de provin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how provins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour un homme qui ne pense qu’à ses provins et à ses baliveaux, il a du trait, dit Lousteau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porvins
  • pprovins
  • proivns
  • provinns
  • provinss
  • provisn
  • provnis
  • provvins
  • prrovins
  • prvoins
  • rpovins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of provins - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porvins2pprovins1proivns2provinns1provinss1provisn2provnis2provvins1
Edit distance from "provins"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provins"?
"provins" is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.vɛ̃\.
What does "provins" mean?
As a noun, "provins" means: Pluriel de provin.
What words are commonly confused with "provins"?
"provins" is commonly confused with "promis", "proies", "potins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provins" is \pʁɔ.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provins" come from?
"provins" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "provins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pujadas#32,968quality#32,971piquets#32,957patente#32,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pleurais11 variantspersique11 variantspenserai11 variantsreversé11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list